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H4375 מַכְפֵּלָה (Makpêlâh) mak-pay-law'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 3717; a fold; Makpelah, a place in Palestine

KJV Usage: Machpelah

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מַכְפֵּלָה (makh.pe.lah) — Machpelah.

§ Machpelah = "double" or "portion" the location of a burial cave for the patriarchs, near Hebron

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

name

Names of Locations

Machpelah = location containing a cave, ◄ near Hebron, ► bought from Ephron the Hittite and used as burial place for Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Rebekah, Jacob, and Leah

GEN 23:9 · GEN 23:17 · GEN 23:19 · GEN 25:9 · GEN 49:30 · GEN 50:13

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַכְפֵּלָה n.pr.loc. near Hebron, where patriarchs and their wives were buried base

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